Person with legal responsibility

Person in charge of EU relations

Firstname, Surname:

Mr
Mieczysław Groszek

Position:

VicePresident

Goals / remit

Goals / remit of the organisation:

Self-government organization of banks, established in 1991, founded on the Chambers of Commerce Charter. Membership in the ZBP is voluntary and open for all banks created under the Polish law as well as for foreign credit institutions branches operating in the Republic of Poland.

The statutory tasks of the Association include:- Representing and protecting common interests of member banks, inter alia with respect to legal regulations related to banking- Delegating representatives to participate in the work of banking operations advisory and evaluating bodies- Participating in legislative work of legislatory commissions of the Sejm (the Parliament lower chamber) and the Senate- Cooperating with the National Bank of Poland, the government and the competent ministries in the area of operation of legal regulations applicable to the Polish banking system- Organizing the exchange of information between banks- Promoting of the banking sector and financial services- Constructing of the inter-bank infrastructure- Supporting the standardization of banking products and services- Disseminating of knowledge in the area of banking; - Conducting conciliatory proceedings and amicable judicature for banks- Promoting of good banking practice rules- Supporting professional education- Co-ordinating of training programmes for banking staff

The organisation's fields of interests are:

European

national

Specific activities covered by the Register

Main EU initiatives, policies and legislative files followed by the organisation:

The Polish Bank Association is interested, among others, in several current priorities of the European Commission like the Investment Plan or Capital Market Union and in continuation of work in following projects: CRR, CRD IV, SSM, SRM, PSD2, MiFID II.

Relevant policy implementation, public relations and communication activities such as projects, events and publications:

Consultations among Members (Banks) on the Investment Plan, CMU and well known legislative proposals like CRR, CRD IV, SSM, SRM, PSD2, MiFID II. The ZBP organises conferences and meetings devoted to these subjects.

There is also a special and very active unit within the Association called The National Contact Point for Financial Instruments of the EU Programmes for external partners.

The Polish Bank Association sends its representatives to the European Banking Federation as seconded advisors on rotation basis.

Number of persons involved in the activities described in the box above

Number of persons involved from the organisation expressed in % of working time:

100%: 1
75%: 2
50%: 9
25%: 5

Number of persons involved:

17

Full time equivalent (FTE):

8.2

Complementary information:

The biggest part of activities associated with the described activities carried out at the national level in connection with consulting and implementation of projects.

Persons accredited for access to European Parliament premises

First name

Surname

Start Date

End Date

DAMIAN

WYRZYKOWSKI

07/07/2015

03/07/2016

SZYMON

STELLMASZYK

22/08/2014

14/08/2015

PIOTR

GAŁĄZKA

13/01/2015

08/01/2016

Fields of interest

The organisation's fields of interests are:

Agriculture and Rural Development

Audiovisual and Media

Budget

Climate Action

Communication

Competition

Consumer Affairs

Culture

Customs

Development

Economic and Financial Affairs

Education

Employment and Social Affairs

Energy

Enlargement

Enterprise

Environment

External Relations

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Food Safety

Foreign and Security Policy and Defence

General and Institutional Affairs

Home Affairs

Humanitarian Aid

Information Society

Internal Market

Justice and Fundamental Rights

Public Health

Regional Policy

Research and Technology

Sport

Taxation

Trade

Trans-European Networks

Transport

Youth

Membership and affiliation

Member organisations:

Membership of any associations/(con)federations/networks or other bodies:

Member of the European Banking Federation

Financial data

Financial year:

01/2014
-
12/2014

Estimate of the annual costs related to activities covered by the register:

300,000 € - 399,999 €

Most recent financial information about funding received from the EU institutions:

Procurement:

0 €

Source:

The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development

Grants:

190,000 €

Source:

The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development

Other (financial) information provided by the organisation:

A subvention presented above (PLN 750.000 PLN - approx. EUR 190000) is dedicated to the National Contact Point for Financial Instruments of the EU Programs. This project is co-financed by The Polish Agency for Enterprise Development from the EU Funds.

A quarter of incomes of the ZBP comes from the members fees. The other part is economic activity related to the implementation of statutory aims.

Code of conduct

By its registration the organisation has signed the Transparency Register Code of Conduct.